I couldn't afford to buy an PS3 until around the time gta 5 came out. GTA 5 came with the PS3 in a bundle package
It does suck I got the PS3 so late though, huge backlog, want to cop Killzone 2 or 3, MLB The Show, played and beat Rachet and Clank tools of destruction, currently Playing GT5, its kind of wack though, prize cars that are useless, B Spec mode

A spec mode a bunch of races requiring a bunch of different cars that you don't have early in the game, your credits a low so you can't buy multiple cars, etc. Online play had to be the highlight/selling point of this game as GT mode is